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Support Programs
CASA
The Center for the Advancement of Students in Academia oversees multiple university support programs. The programs mission is to promote the academic development of the next generation of underrepresented research scientists and health professionals. To achieve this mission, CASA provides to students: opportunities to participate in faculty research, faculty and student mentoring, course enrichment workshops, travel to scientific meetings, travel to doctoral degree-granting institutions for future graduate study, and research experiences at NIH, other research institutions, and laboratories in foreign institutions.
IMSD
The SDSU Intitiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) Program is an intensive undergraduate research training program which prepares students for direct entry into biomedical or behavioral Ph.D. programs. In 2008, the MBRS IMSD Program was awarded a new 4-year grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to continue supporting undergraduates.
The NIGMS mission is to improve the participation of historically underrepresented students in the sciences and increase the number of underrepresented students who matriculate directly to a Ph.D. program. Although this is the primary goal, we encourage all students to apply, as the MBRS IMSD Program offers several benefits to help students succeed and prepare for graduate school.
MARC
The Minority Access to Research Careers Program sponsored by the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences was established in 1975 to help develop the talent and to increase the number Ph.D. degrees awarded among certain ethnic groups that have long been underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. Groups that are presently underrepresented in the biomedical sciences include African-Americans, Hispanics, Latinos, Native Americans and Pacific Islanders. By contrast, the demand throughout the nation for Ph.D.'s in the biomedical sciences from among these underrepresented ethnic groups is unprecedented.
EOP
The Educational Opportunities Program is housed in the Office of Educational Opportunity Programs and Ethnic Affairs. EOP is committed to supporting first-generation, low-income students through innovative outreach and retention programs that encourage them to persist towards the goal of a university degree.
EOP Transfer Bridge Program (TBP)
Educational Opportunities Program - Transfer Bridge Program (TBP) is an intensive 3-unit transitional program offered during the summer prior to the beginning of the fall semester to newly admitted EOP students transferring into San Diego State University from community colleges. The purpose of the program is for students to effectively utilize academic advising/counseling during TBP. At the conclusion of the program students should be able to: identify graduation requirements for their major, effectively identify and use library support services, demonstrate financial literacy in areas of financial aid, and scholarship searches as well as demonstrate the value of peer relations to support their university transition.